Red Mansions: My Book is Cool

"Grandmother, I can't do what you ask!" Jia Cong refused bluntly.

"Let's talk about Lan'er first." Jia Cong started with Jia Lan first.

"Most of my senior brothers have achieved success in official careers, and the lowest ones are from the fourth grade. You want Lan'er to worship under them. This is because of their status. You want to find a backer for Lan'er. In the future Someone can help me to become an official through the imperial examination. I understand this painstaking effort. It's just, "

Jia Cong looked at Li Wan who was pale with disappointment and sadness because of his refusal words, and lowered his head, and said slowly: "My brother is busy with work, I am afraid it is rare to have time to teach students, and they Cherish the feathers, and don't want to delay the students because of their own reasons, leaving a bad reputation. Therefore, they are very serious about accepting students. If they really want to accept apprentices, they must choose students with outstanding personalities and talents to guide them with great concentration. Rather than lacking. This is the consistent style of my teacher's school. If it wasn't for a coincidence, I would not be able to join the teacher's school. Even so, the teacher observed me for a long time, and only after I passed the Juren examination again in one fell swoop did he approve. I formally performed the apprenticeship ceremony. I am not familiar with Lan'er, and I don't know how his studies are, so how could I rashly make this request to the senior brothers. Even if I ask, the senior brothers will not agree."

"Brother Cong, it depends on man's will. This is not something that forces you to commit murder and set fire!" Even if there were drastic changes in the house, Jia's mother was not seriously implicated, and she held her private house, and the whole family had to rely on her for a living. Respectful.At this moment, with the change of Jia's and Jia Cong's identities, Jia's mother became more sensitive to Jia Cong's confrontation, and she couldn't help but feel angry in her heart, and said with a sullen face.

"Grandmother, there is no such thing as a matter of course in the world!" Jia Cong replied coldly: "Grandmother's request is reasonable, and if I can do it, I will naturally help. If you want to force others to make things difficult, then Forgive me for not following my orders! Aunt and grandma, don’t forget, now we are just clansmen who haven’t released the fifth server yet!”

As soon as these words came out, the hearts of the people present were half cold, and their faces froze for a moment. They thought Jia Cong wanted to establish a good reputation and would accept Jia Mu's request.Just looking at his care for the Jia family in the past few days, everyone will inevitably have some illusions in their hearts.Although Jia Cong had let go of his words earlier, hadn't he not been appointed an official at that time?After formally entering the official career, he must have his own worries and plans, knowing that establishing an image of "filial piety" will bring him many benefits.Unexpectedly, his attitude became even tougher.

"However," Jia Cong changed the subject at this moment, and said to Li Wan, "Sister-in-law Zhu, Lan'er is also my nephew, do I want to see him not to be able to stand out? If I can help him, I will naturally do it. In this way , I promise you that as long as Lan'er works hard and studies hard, and he passes the exam as a scholar, I will immediately recommend it to my senior brothers. If he fails the exam, it means that his knowledge is not enough. With that level, even if I have the cheek to speak , My senior brother will not agree. Only when he stands up first, others can help, right? Only those who help themselves can be helped by God!"

The willows are dark and the flowers are bright, Li Wan has already given up hope, but he didn't expect such a turning point, he immediately liked it, and said quickly: "Brother Cong, I will urge Lan'er to study hard, he is a kid who likes to study! But, now I don't know where to go to study, Mr. Confucianism is also going south with you, I'm afraid the Jia family's family studies will not be able to be done."

"Didn't Mrs. Zhu's father serve as a sacrificial wine for the Jinling Imperial College? Mrs. Zhu might as well ask him for help. How could he not care about her own grandson?" It's fine, but if you want to lean on him with peace of mind, that's impossible, he's not used to anyone!

Li Wan also had this kind of thought in mind, and he deliberately said it out to test it out, but when Jia Cong stopped him on the spot, he had to smile awkwardly, nodded in agreement, and was still very satisfied in his heart.She secretly calculated that because she was a chaste woman, the court also returned her dowry, but although her natal family was a scholarly family, it was not too rich, so the dowry was not much.It is enough for her to live a life with Lan'er, to be more frugal, and to be a female celebrity with her maid every day.But if you want to take it out and use it mixedly to make up for this big family, it won't be long before there is not much left.

Thinking of this verse, Li Wan's heart tightened, and he secretly thought about how to use the reason of Jia Lan's request to learn to move out of Jia's house.If it didn't work, it would be cheaper to take Jialan back to Jinling to join his father.Anyway, when they were in the Jia family, the whole family only regarded Jia Baoyu as a treasure. Poor Lan'er, the authentic eldest grandson, was not valued at all, like an invisible person.Thinking of this, Li Wan became even more aggrieved, and made up his mind firmly.

"As for Brother Bao, that's impossible!" After dealing with Jia Lan, Jia Cong turned the topic to Jia Baoyu.He is willing to help Jia Lan. One is that Jia Lan is also a person who is willing to work hard in the original book, and he will fight resolutely to change the fate of himself and his mother.He appreciates the will in him, and lives by himself to live a better life. What's wrong with that?Back then, if he didn't have this kind of spirit and persistence, he wouldn't be able to stand out!And helping Jia Lan also shows that he is a person who values ​​love, benevolence and righteousness, and no one can discredit him.

"It's inappropriate to bring Second Brother Bao by my side. I can't bear this responsibility for such a delicate person! It's even more impossible to speak to my seniors!" Jia Cong said decisively.Just kidding, this is an expert who needs to fully understand, cut off the cares of the world, and leave quietly in a vast white land, how dare he provoke him?When he really becomes a monk and runs away, why don't Mrs. Jia Muwang fight him desperately?If he is crazy, he will provoke this show!

"I'm in the south of the Yangtze River, where I'm not familiar with. How can I arrange anything for him?" Jia Cong said, "Let him be an official or an official? As an official, he's not even a scholar. The qualifications of officials. As officials, those officials seem to have no grades, but they are also extremely sought-after. Many of them come from official families and have been passed down from generation to generation. They are proficient in political affairs and have smooth means. There are many cunning people among them. Can the second brother handle it? Not to mention anything else, but the officials have to bow and kneel when they see their superiors, and this is something that the second brother Bao can't stand? If the second brother Bao wants to make progress, why not He Lan Even though Jia's family was convicted, the court's grace did not restrict the children's examination of merit, so it is not that there is no way out."

"Brother Bao's enlightenment was earlier than Lan'er, and his talent is more intelligent. It makes no sense that what Lan'er can do, but Brother Bao can't do it!" Brother Bao, I don’t want him to endure hardships. But at this stage, I still have to make a long-term plan for him!” You see, I have explained the truth to you, and it doesn’t make sense to pester him any more.It is the right way to be courteous first and then soldier.

"But it's also because Baoyu is older than Lan'er that I can't wait any longer. Moreover, he has undergone tremendous changes and has lost his mind. I'm afraid he has no intention of studying. It's better to find him an errand directly to change his mood. I know this It's not easy, but the old lady has no choice but to ask you for help, you can't just sit and watch your second brother Bao fall like that?" Jia Mu said sadly, staring at Jia Cong with burning eyes, pinning infinite expectations.

Jia Cong smiled lightly, and then the words that came out of her mouth shattered her fantasy: "Forgive me for being powerless!"

Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang pleaded several times, but Jia Cong refused to agree.Mrs. Wang was eager to love her son, and she became impatient for a moment, and blurted out: "Brother Cong, you are so cold and ruthless, watching your brother get stuck in the mud and refusing to help, do you still have the heart? You do it too. People who are officials are not afraid of people's words?"

"Ms. Zheng, I'm really not afraid!" Jia Cong said leisurely: "The Jia family has too many disciples, can I pull them over? No fool will use this to attack you! Besides," he said with a smile Looking around with a smile: "These days I take care of you and everyone is watching. No one will say that I am a benevolent person. Now, I just refused your unreasonable request, and I was so slandered. This word spreads If you go outside, you will definitely be scolded as greedy and ungrateful people. The Jia family's reputation is already very bad, so don't make it worse, and think about it for future generations!"

"If you really despise me, I won't rush to curry favor with you. Since I'm so disdainful, the farm and the bank note I gave to Lian's second brother just now are actually the compensation from the Rongguo Mansion to my grandfather back then. If you return it, just return it." , I think you don't want to take advantage of a ruthless person like me."

Surrounded by deathly silence, Mrs. Wang looked embarrassed and muttered for a long time, but she couldn't say the words of rejection.Money is tight in the family now, the most important thing is to live a good life, how can I ignore the actual profit for the sake of face?Moreover, Jia Cong really let go, so what should Jia Lan do? Li Wan's eyes were already staring at her resentfully.Now that Jia Cong has flown to the top of the branch, they can only look up to him, and they have to learn to change their previous superior attitude.

After a while, Mother Jia sighed: "Brother Cong, don't worry about it. Your uncle Zheng made a slip of the tongue in a moment of haste. In fact, your second brother Bao's spirit has been very sluggish all the time. I'm very worried, and I want him to find something to do to change his mood. If the future is not promising, I can't take care of it for the time being!"

"Follow me to see him." Mother Jia said, standing up tremblingly, refusing to let others follow, but holding Jia Cong's hand tightly, leading him to the front yard.

When I came to Baoyu's room, I saw Jia Baoyu sitting in front of the window, quietly looking at the plum blossoms outside the window in a daze, with a book on the table.Seeing them walk in, there was no disturbance, as if the outside movement could no longer arouse his surprise or interest.

He smiled lightly at Jia Cong and said, "Brother Cong, you are here."

Jia Cong's first impression suddenly was that Jia Baoyu had changed a lot. It's not that he looked so poor and haggard. Although his clothes were simpler than before, his appearance was still neat, but his energy seemed to have disappeared from him, and his eyes were no longer there. Light, to put it better, has experienced the vicissitudes of life and thoroughly understood the world; at worst, it is seeing through the world of mortals and having nothing to love.Knowing the plot of the original novel, Jia Cong couldn't help but gasp.

The wheel of fortune is slowly unfolding along her established track.